TeachersFirst's Elementary School Brain Twisters

Week of December 1, 2023

1.In 1965, a young boy with a blanket joined his bald-headed friend and the gang for the first animated Christmas TV special. The group's biggest accomplishment was: (5 points)

Decorating a tree
Twirling a dog dish
Playing a toy piano
Eating snow flakes
Choosing the cast of a play

2.Children in Sweden receive small gifts on this saint's day, December 6: (5 points)

St. Santa
St. John
St. Patrick
St. Ives
St. Nicholas

3.Which of these is not part of a figure of speech in a famed poem by Clement Clarke Moore? (20 points)

bowlful of jelly
a cherry
dry leaves before the wild hurricane
a peddler
an apple

4.How many syllables are there in the chorus of a favorite Christmas song that warns the kids in girl and boyland to behave themselves? (10 points)

5.Eight reindeer each drink a pint of water for each time zone. How many pints of water should you plan to take on your sleigh to get around the world? (10 points)

6.Susan wants to but a holiday present that costs $12.00. Her mother will pay her 75 cents a night to wash the dinner dishes. How many nights must Susan work to earn enough for the present? (5 points)

7.Sleigh bells ring... This line from a Christmas carol is also about (10 points)

Canines
Bovines
Felines
Lupines
Equines

8.Which is closest to Santa's home? (5 points)

Australia
Tropic of Capricorn
Equator
Panama Canal
Tropic of Cancer

9.Which sentence is correct? (10 points)

My younger brothers enjoyed playing with the football too.
My older brothers left us use their brand new football.
When it got dark, we put the football back on it's shelf in the garage.
It was a great Saturday for Morgan and I.
While Mom and Dad watched the college games on TV, we past in the park.

10.December 7, 1941 was a major event at what U.S. naval base? (20 points)

Okinawa
Midway
iwo Jima
Guantanamo Bay
Pearl Harbor

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